View items based on purchases of social media contacts

A shopping action server comprising:

• a shopping action database configured to be updated when a contact of a plurality of contacts of a social network of a user performs and shares a shopping action;
• a receiver configured to receive, from a computing device associated with the user and located remotely from the shopping action server, a shopping information request to provide shopping information for the contact, the shopping information relating to multiple items offered for sale by a retailer and associated with the shopping action;
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• a processor, wherein in response to the shopping information request received at the receiver, the processor:
• obtains the shopping information based at least in part on the shopping information request;
• generates shopping display data based at least in part on the shopping information:
• facilitates displaying, in a graphical user interface of the computing device associated with the user, a social network trending items operational input and a social network contacts operational input;
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• when the user selects the social network trending items operational input:
• (1) facilitates displaying, in the graphical user interface of the computing device associated with the user and using the shopping display data:
• (i) a graphical element for each item of a portion of the multiple items offered for sale by the retailer and associated with the shopping action of the contact, wherein the portion of the multiple items comprises items most often having the shopping action performed on them by the plurality of contacts and graphical elements for each item of the portion of the multiple items are sequentially ordered from most often having the shopping action performed on them by the plurality of contacts to least often having the shopping action performed on them by the plurality of contacts;
• (ii) an edit contacts operational input;
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• (ii) an edit items operational input;
• (2) when the user selects a graphical element for an item of the portion of the multiple items, facilitates displaying, in the graphical user interface of the computing device associated with the user, a list of graphical elements for contacts of the plurality of contacts that have performed the shopping action on the item of the portion of the multiple items;
• (i) when the user selects a graphical element for a specific contact of the plurality of contacts that have performed the shopping action on the item, facilitates displaying, in the graphical user interface of the computing device associated with the user, a comment operational input and an add to cart operational input;
• (ii) when the user selects the comment operational input, facilitates displaying, in the graphical user interface of the computing device associated with the user, an item comment display, the item comment display comprising (1) an item description for the item, (2) a first textual input element configured to receive a first user comment entered by the user, and (3) a share comment operational input, wherein when the user selects the share comment operational input, the first user comment inputted in the first textual input element is shared with the plurality of contacts of the social network;
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• (iii) when the user selects the add to cart operational input, facilitates displaying, in the graphical user interface of the computing device associated with the user, a shopping cart display, the shopping cart display comprising (1) the item description for the item, (2) a second textual input element configured to receive a second user comment entered by the user, (3) a share purchase operational input, wherein when the user selects the share purchase operational input, the second user comment inputted in the second textual input element is shared with the plurality of contacts of the social network, and (4) a confirm purchase operational input;
• (3) when the user selects the edit contacts operational input, allows the user to filter shopping actions performed by contacts of the plurality of contacts from shopping actions performed on the portion of the multiple items;
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• (4) when the user selects the edit items operational input, allows the user to filter items of the portion of the multiple items.